Chapter 523 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

SB 327

Relating to higher education building fees; creating new provisions; amending ORS 351.170; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 351.170 is amended to read:

351.170. (1) The State Board of Higher Education shall establish such rates, charges and fees for use of buildings, structures or projects referred to in ORS 351.160 (1), including revenue-producing buildings and structures already constructed, as, in the judgment of the board, will provide the required revenues to make the particular new building, project or structure self-liquidating and self-supporting, and as will provide the funds with which to amortize the principal of and pay the interest on the bonds issued to finance such buildings, structures or projects.

(2) The board shall charge and collect from each regular student a building fee at a rate not to exceed [$25] $45 for each regular term, for not less than three terms in each regular academic year, and not to exceed [$37.50] $67.50 if instruction is on a semester basis, or an equivalent rate of charge [where] when instruction is on a different basis. The board is authorized to maintain adequate sinking funds for bonds outstanding. The fee shall be in addition to tuition and other fees charged to students and shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and credited to the appropriate subfund of the Higher Education Bond Sinking Fund.

SECTION 2. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 351.170 (2), for the 2001-2003 biennium, the State Board of Higher Education shall charge and collect from each regular student a building fee at a rate not to exceed $35 for each regular term, for not less than three terms in each regular academic year, and not to exceed $52.50 if instruction is on a semester basis, or an equivalent rate of charge when instruction is on a different basis.

(2) The State Board of Higher Education shall report to the appropriate legislative committees of the Seventy-second Legislative Assembly on the use of funds derived from the building fees permitted by this section and the projects begun or contemplated for construction based upon those funds. In developing the report, the board shall consult with those campus student government organizations responsible for recommending building projects to the presidents of their respective institutions. The report shall be delivered no later than March 15, 2003.

SECTION 3. This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect July 1, 2001.

Approved by the Governor June 22, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 25, 2001

Effective date July 1, 2001

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